Abstract

e16574 Background: Liquid biopsy has the potential to provide information about cancers without invasive biopsy, using circulating biomarkers. The aim of present study was determinate the presence of androgen receptor splice variant 7 (AR-V7) in plasma using capillary nano-immunoassay in metastasis PCa and correlation with clinical and analytical data. Methods: Whole blood (10 ml) was collected and processed in EDTA tubes. Previously to determinate the presence of ARV-7 in plasma Capillary Electrophoresis Immunoassay or SimpleWestern analyses were performed using the WES™ machine. With this technique, proteins are separated by size, immobilised and probed with specific antibodies. The primary antibody used was Anti-Androgen Receptor antibody. Results: The study included 31 patients with diagnostic of PCa metatasic . Clinical characteristics of the patients were described in the table. AR-V7 signal was detected in 11 cases (36%). Twenty samples (64%) were considered as negative. The most of patients with expression positive for AR-V7, showed a Gleason score ≥ 8 (64% of cases). In AR-V7+, hemoglobine and dehydrogenase lactate levels were statistically significant (p < 0,05) respect to ARV7-. So, in AR-V7+ patients showed increased of FA and Albumin. Conclusions: Assessing the presence of AR-V7 in plasma from PC patients is feasible by a novel capillary nano-immunoassay. AR-V7 was observed in 36% of the PCA metastasic. These findings lay the foundations for liquid biopsy as a means of obtaining biological data in a more convenient way for the patient.[Table: see text]

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